Law. The action or an act of laying before a court or person in authority a formal statement of… A statement on oath by a jury of a fact known to…

? Short for presentment, n.

Scots Law. The action of entering a summons, action, etc., in the roll of matters to be dealt with in a court. Cf. table, v. 1b. Obsolete.

The action or an act of sending a matter to an authority for decision or consideration; spec. (in legal use) the submission of a dispute to an…

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